Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs AMD FirePro D500

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and AMD FirePro D500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 1137.9x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 69.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
  • 11x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 274 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 6020
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 6020
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 Oct 2020 vs 18 January 2014
Texture fill rate 79.20 GTexel/s vs 69.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 274 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6889 vs 6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6889 vs 6020

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D500

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 2x more pipelines: 1536 vs 768
  • 2.4x more memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
  • Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17620 vs 14127
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 3462
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 3462
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 3214
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 3214
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 1536 vs 768
Memory clock speed 5080 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 17620 vs 14127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3685 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3685 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 3214

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: AMD FirePro D500

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14127
17620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6889
6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6889
6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
3685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3349
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX AMD FirePro D500
Geekbench - OpenCL 14127 17620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6889 6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6889 6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3462 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3462 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3214 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3214 3349
PassMark - G2D Mark 311
PassMark - G3D Mark 1972
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 49.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1063.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 65.789

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX AMD FirePro D500

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.1 GCN 1.0
Code name DG1 Tahiti
Launch date 31 Oct 2020 18 January 2014
Place in performance rating 520 666
Type Laptop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1650 MHz
Compute units 96
Core clock speed 300 MHz 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 633.6 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 5.069 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 2.534 TFLOPS
Pipelines 768 1536
Pixel fill rate 39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 79.20 GTexel/s 69.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 274 Watt
Floating-point performance 2,227 gflops
Transistor count 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 3.0 x16
Width IGP
Length 279 mm

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 68.26 GB/s 243.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) 5080 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X GDDR5